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. >> reporter: what's more, brown says he was stunned to learn that a new york city hotline alerted people they could find shelter at st. john's. >> he has this whole hospital area in his own house. >> reporter: one of those was jose martinez, who uses a ventilator to keep him breathing, and who had to be evacuated after the storm hit. how quickly did you realize you were in serious trouble? >> well, we didn't realize it until my wife went to the basement. she was folding some clothes in the laundry. all of a sudden she heard water dripping. so she looked around to see where it was coming from. she found out it was coming from the window, through the window. >> reporter: more than 1300 people work at st. john's. a number of them live in hard-hit areas and lost their homes. like the hospital's chaplain, they, too, pray for a miracle. before this crisis, we were nip and tuck, shall we say, in terms of our finances, just getting by and there really won't be a way for us to survive this unless there are some gracious angels and the federal government and state government come up with a differe
. >> reporter: what's more, brown says he was stunned to learn that a new york city hotline alerted people they could find shelter at st. john's. >> he has this whole hospital area in his own house. >> reporter: one of those was jose martinez, who uses a ventilator to keep him breathing, and who had to be evacuated after the storm hit. how quickly did you realize you were in serious trouble? >> well, we didn't realize it until my wife went to the basement. she was...
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back close to freezing mark in some spots into the 30s certainly in new york city. a little chillier as you go syracuse. here's the cool front. it's going to be a nasty cool day. just getting over the appalachians right now. backside of it a little in the way of snow upstate new york. we'll see lake effect and snow coming through as well. but this is more of a gentle rain. this is your classic fall, raw cold rain. and i guess we're due. boston, you'll see delays from this. the low ceiling certainly. a little bit in the way of wind. rain and low clouds cross parts of philly. behind that is pretty nice. mild across the midsection of the country. across the southwest, we're looking at some rain. it is the season for that as well. here are your temperatures, 41. i mentioned the miserable conditions in new york city. 58 degrees, a bit of a chill in the air in atlanta. los angeles, 80 degrees. boy. >> looks nice, doesn't it, man? >> that's nice. >> seriously, thank you, rob. congratulations. it's great news for you. >> thank you guys. see you in a bit. >> all right. 52 mi
back close to freezing mark in some spots into the 30s certainly in new york city. a little chillier as you go syracuse. here's the cool front. it's going to be a nasty cool day. just getting over the appalachians right now. backside of it a little in the way of snow upstate new york. we'll see lake effect and snow coming through as well. but this is more of a gentle rain. this is your classic fall, raw cold rain. and i guess we're due. boston, you'll see delays from this. the low ceiling...
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jersey. >> new york governor michael bloomberg says gas rationing will continue in new york city at least for now. >>> as the victims of sandy count their personal losses, people across the country are pitching in, donating money to charities like the red cross. this week alone, the red cross donations hit $117 million for the entire relief fund. but, as the money rolls in, some folks are asking where is it going? cnn's susan candiotti reports. >> reporter: as the storm cleanup began, the man in charge of the besieged buorough of staten island said he had enough. >> all these people making big salaries should be out there on the front line. and i'm disappointed. my advice to the people is do not donate to the american red cross. >> reporter: his outrage lasted only one day. he backed off his criticism, soon telling cnn that all was just fine. >> i spoke out, get angry. >> reporter: but his outburst, it turns out, wasn't the only assault on the red cross. a private charity that is considered the gold standard in american disaster relief. some old questions are being asked again about
jersey. >> new york governor michael bloomberg says gas rationing will continue in new york city at least for now. >>> as the victims of sandy count their personal losses, people across the country are pitching in, donating money to charities like the red cross. this week alone, the red cross donations hit $117 million for the entire relief fund. but, as the money rolls in, some folks are asking where is it going? cnn's susan candiotti reports. >> reporter: as the storm...
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york city, life is anything but normal. some folks have lost everything. victor blackwell is in bell harbor, new york, off queens. talking to folks who lost their homes and they're simply trying to recover. people forget a lot of people still are suffering. >> reporter: there are a lot of people who are suffering. and, as you can see, it's raining, it's a very cold day in bal harbour, new york and we spoke with the people who lost their property, lost their homes, and they gave us one word -- overwhelmed. this is why. take a look, beach 130th here in bal harbour and the houses have been burned to their foundation. the difficulty when telling this type of story that is people are used to seeing this on a television screen, right? but typically it's a movie or a television studio. these are homes. people lived here. this was a nest egg for one man. we spoke with ron wall, who owns a house to my right and he got a message from his neighbor. it was just two orders in a text, and it said, it's gone. when you heard those two word
york city, life is anything but normal. some folks have lost everything. victor blackwell is in bell harbor, new york, off queens. talking to folks who lost their homes and they're simply trying to recover. people forget a lot of people still are suffering. >> reporter: there are a lot of people who are suffering. and, as you can see, it's raining, it's a very cold day in bal harbour, new york and we spoke with the people who lost their property, lost their homes, and they gave us one...
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york city. we try to teach them a new value system. we talk about jobs, living arrangements and unifying with their families. one out of every 99 americans is in jail. we have more people in prison than any nation in the world. when you talk about reclaiming souls, second chances, god willing, america could do a little better with this. >> jim mcgreevey, thank you. >> thank you. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and my daughter loves the santa. oh, ah sir. that is a customer. let's not tell mom. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. sven's home security gets the most rewards of
york city. we try to teach them a new value system. we talk about jobs, living arrangements and unifying with their families. one out of every 99 americans is in jail. we have more people in prison than any nation in the world. when you talk about reclaiming souls, second chances, god willing, america could do a little better with this. >> jim mcgreevey, thank you. >> thank you. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more...
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., two weeks after superstorm sandy harmed the northeast, new york city took another step toward normalcy. governor andrew cuomo announced the reopening of a key rush hour tunnel between brooklyn and lower manhattan, and he vows that's just for starters. >> and this is not just going to be about building back what was. this is not going to be just about restoring what was. this is going to be building back a new york that has never been before. and we're going to build back better than was before. >> the tunnel, formerly the brooklyn battery tunnel, was flooded with an estimated 43 million gallons of corrosive seawater in each of its two tubes. >>> and more travelers, but fewer fliers. that's the aaa thanksgiving forecast. says 43.6 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home, over the holiday, up a few thousand from last year, and the forecast says 90% of them will travel by car. the number of people flying is expected to drop slightly, although it will still top 3 million. possibly because of ticket prices. i booked a flight, whoo, that was painful. >> yeah. >> get used to it
., two weeks after superstorm sandy harmed the northeast, new york city took another step toward normalcy. governor andrew cuomo announced the reopening of a key rush hour tunnel between brooklyn and lower manhattan, and he vows that's just for starters. >> and this is not just going to be about building back what was. this is not going to be just about restoring what was. this is going to be building back a new york that has never been before. and we're going to build back better than...